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Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1569

Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.1569

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c19.1569

Poyaṇapura, also known as Pratiṣṭhānapura, was situated on the bank of the Ganges.⁶³² It is also mentioned in the *Harivaṃśa* (I. 26. 49). It may be identified with Jhusi, opposite to Allahabad, across the Ganges, which is still called Pratiṣṭhānpur⁶³³